FORMER Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston has launched a shock attack on his old bosses on the show.

In a scathing outburst, he says he quit as the Time Lord because he did not want to “eat sh*t” – and he also suggested there was bullying by senior staff.

The acclaimed actor played the part for just one series, when the programme returned to TV in 2005.And he now says: “I left Doctor Who because I could not get along with the senior people. I didn’t agree with the way things were being run.”

He added: “I thought to remain, which would have made me a lot of money and given me huge visibility, the price I would have had to pay was to eat a lot of sh*t.”

The 28 Days Later star, speaking during an acting masterclass at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket on Wednesday, went on: “It’s easy to find a job when you’ve got no morals. You can go, ‘Yeah, yeah. That doesn’t matter. That director can bully that prop man and I won’t say anything about it’.”

Eccleston, 47, won a National TV Award as the ninth Doctor before being replaced by David Tennant, who played the part until last year.